Global Scholars previously International Institute For Christian Studies 
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Summary
Global Scholars equips Christian professors to serve Christ in secular universities worldwide through fifteen proven programs and services.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Global Scholars
PO Box 12147
Overland Park, KS 66282
Website: global-scholars.org
Phone: (913) 962-4422
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 561627401
CEO/President: Stan Wallace, D.Min.
Chairman: J.T. Smith
Board size: 6
Founder: Dr. Danny McCain
Ruling year: 1988
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1989
Purpose
Our vision is that one day every student, colleague, university, and discipline will have Christian professors who communicate the truth, goodness, and beauty of Christ in the power of the Spirit for the growth of God's Kingdom and the flourishing (shalom) of society. Our fifteen programs and services are summarized here.
Connecting Christian Professors
Local Communities - Helping Christian professors meet in person regularly for encouragement, equipping, and outreach.
Disciplinary Communities - Helping Christian professors in particular nations and disciplines meet in a secure online environment to discuss how they can better fulfill God's call to be his ambassadors in their countries and fields of study.
Networking - Providing a way for Christian professors to identify one another globally and across disciplines through a database searchable by location, academic discipline, or research interests.
Group Video Conferencing - Offering Christian professors a secure, online environment to talk with one another one-to-one or in small groups to collaborate and sharpen one another "as iron sharpens iron" (Proverbs 27:17).
Equipping Christian Professors
Mentoring - More seasoned Christian professors helping less experienced colleagues develop spiritually, professionally, and missionally so they can be more effective for Christ in higher education.
Seminars and Conferences - Providing opportunities for Christian professors to meet in person at local, regional, national, and international events and receive training in a range of ministry skills and abilities.
Webinars - Hosting monthly online conversations where Christian professors can learn from one of their colleagues who is having success serving Christ in higher education.
Curricula - Developing study guides to help Christian professors love God more deeply and serve him more ably. The study guides are drawn from our Resource Library and are useful to professors personally and in small-group settings.
Regional Consultants - Growing a team of specialists in faculty ministry to connect and equip Christian professors, contextualizing these programs and services in their various regions of the world.
Resourcing Christian Professors
Resource Library - Hosting an online library containing the best materials available in the six content areas a Christian professor must master to be most effective for Christ in higher education. Content experts in each area continually acquire and make available these resources from around the world.
Research Databases - Offering Christian scholars access to online academic journals. This is especially helpful to professors in majority-world universities that lack adequate library holdings. This access allows them to contribute to important discussions in their fields through publishing their research. In many cases, it also helps them maintain their positions in their universities, as publishing is often required for continued employment or advancement.
Editorial Services - Providing seasoned editors to help Christian professors publish their ideas. This is especially helpful to scholars who do not speak English as their first language, as most academic journals are published in English.
Job Board - Indexing university positions available worldwide, for Christian scholars searching for a place to serve.
Grants - Making funds available to help Christian professors access the training and resources needed to serve Christ with excellence. These grants are especially helpful to professors in areas of the world that provide very low salaries.
Sending Christian Professors
Fellows Program - Providing pastoral care and accounting services for Christian professors called to serve Christ in universities outside their home countries sent by Global Scholars through 2019. Explore here for more information on pursuing a university position globally.
Mission statement
Global Scholars equips Christian professors to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities, and academic disciplines.
Statement of faith
In accord with the ancient creeds of the Christian faith such as the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed, the following statement of faith* is a summary of essential biblical teaching as we strive for unity in essentials, liberty in non-essentials, and charity in all things. We believe...
...in the Holy Scriptures as originally given by God, divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy; and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
...in one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
...in our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His mediatorial work, and His personal return in power and glory.
...in the Salvation of lost and sinful persons through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith apart from works, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
...in the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ.
...in the Unity of the Spirit of all true believers, the Church, the Body of Christ.
...in the Resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Leadership Training
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 951 of 1123 | 18 of 24 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 654 of 1124 | 15 of 24 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 965 of 1124 | 20 of 24 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 803 of 1123 | 15 of 24 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 9% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 9% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 9% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 97% | 97% | 98% | 99% | 99% | 99% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 8% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 10% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 82% | 74% | 72% | 73% | 79% | 75% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 97% | 97% | 86% | 79% | 80% | 95% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 81% | 71% | 62% | 57% | 63% | 72% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 3% | 3% | 14% | 21% | 20% | 5% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | 3% | 15% | 28% | 37% | 14% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 14% | 15% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.48 | 0.96 | 0.89 | 1.03 | 1.19 | 1.96 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.12 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.04 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.12 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.08 | 1.24 | 2.04 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 14.04 | 42.97 | 31.76 | 29.46 | 16.88 | 11.59 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.55 | 11.81 | 12.54 | 10.76 | 9.12 | 5.37 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 18% | 26% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 16% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 61% | 101% | 108% | 93% | 69% | 38% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Cash | $1,691,635 | $1,699,456 | $1,410,268 | $1,170,699 | $942,480 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $114,454 | $55,623 | $30,396 | $233,830 | $17,574 |
| Short-term investments | $208,103 | $187,208 | $187,365 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $2,014,192 | $1,942,287 | $1,628,029 | $1,404,529 | $960,054 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $48,748 | $34,255 |
| Fixed assets | $565 | $2,540 | $5,043 | $1,507 | $3,310 |
| Other long-term assets | $71,175 | $71,175 | $71,175 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $71,740 | $73,715 | $76,218 | $50,255 | $37,565 |
| Total assets | $2,085,932 | $2,016,002 | $1,704,247 | $1,454,784 | $997,619 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $40,974 | $55,163 | $50,688 | $78,417 | $78,862 |
| Other current liabilities | $5,903 | $5,986 | $4,565 | $4,799 | $3,967 |
| Total current liabilities | $46,877 | $61,149 | $55,253 | $83,216 | $82,829 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $161,200 | $156,300 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $19,571 | $17,911 | $16,454 | $16,310 | $21,238 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $19,571 | $17,911 | $16,454 | $177,510 | $177,538 |
| Total liabilities | $66,448 | $79,060 | $71,707 | $260,726 | $260,367 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $1,593,362 | $1,509,672 | $1,553,133 | $1,157,936 | $653,630 |
| With donor restrictions | $426,122 | $427,270 | $79,407 | $36,122 | $83,622 |
| Net assets | $2,019,484 | $1,936,942 | $1,632,540 | $1,194,058 | $737,252 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $1,999,431 | $2,053,053 | $2,204,744 | $2,168,484 | $2,038,996 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $11,379 | $7,730 | $9,913 | $8,018 | $8,268 |
| Investment income | $53,960 | $23,812 | $2,354 | $7,888 | $12,290 |
| Other revenue | $0 | $6,965 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total other revenue | $65,339 | $38,507 | $12,267 | $15,906 | $20,558 |
| Total revenue | $2,064,770 | $2,091,560 | $2,217,011 | $2,184,390 | $2,059,554 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Program services | $1,474,882 | $1,291,935 | $1,273,543 | $1,380,176 | $1,475,985 |
| Management and general | $315,331 | $337,530 | $315,061 | $246,643 | $291,141 |
| Fundraising | $208,069 | $170,680 | $165,858 | $111,578 | $192,807 |
| Total expenses | $1,998,282 | $1,800,145 | $1,754,462 | $1,738,397 | $1,959,933 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $66,488 | $291,415 | $462,549 | $445,993 | $99,621 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $66,488 | $291,415 | $462,549 | $445,993 | $99,621 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Dr Stan Wallace | President & CEO | $145,033 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2024
Response from ministry
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History
Global Scholars began in 1986 as the International Institute for Christian Studies (IICS). Founder and first president, Dr. Danny McCain, had the vision to establish Departments of Christian Studies in public universities around the world. In 1988, he and his family moved to Nigeria to begin a pilot project. Over 30 years later, he continues to teach in Nigeria.
In the 1990s, under the leadership of Dr. Daryl McCarthy, IICS' second president, the vision expanded to send professors to teach in all academic disciplines. Over the next two decades, Global Scholars expanded to 35 nations.
Global Scholars' third President, Dr. Stan Wallace, leads in a new season of growth. Joining IICS in 2010 and becoming the third president in 2014, Dr. Wallace has led the rebranding of IICS to Global Scholars, restructured the ministry, and has overseen the establishment of the Society of Christian Scholars. This last decade has been an unprecedented season of growth for Global Scholars.
Global Scholars is now poised to have an even greater impact in global higher education. With the launch of our Lasting Change 2023 strategic plan, we are now working to equip 800 Christian professors in 60 nations to influence 134,000 students for Christ each year!
Program accomplishments
37 Years of Service
92 Countries Served
984 Professors Equipped
442,717 Students Influenced